In hindsight, was it always smart for Nintendo to never prioritize or pursue 3rd party support?

[IcaroRibeiro]

Jumpin said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

But Valve is indeed the king of videogames though

They dominate the PC software market, which is almost as big as the Big 3 console market combined. 2 billion in profits in 2023 is crazy, and their market position is much more stable than Sony or Nintendo and they simple need to keep their store and services. The fact they are private owned is very telling, they have zero need of external capital

Actually, this post is a great way to illustrate the points made in my previous post. If you go by revenue rather than unit sales, then you could argue that the Steam Deck is far more influential in the dedicated console industry than it actually is because Valve's revenue is so high. But Valve's revenue in no way indicates that the Steam Deck is the market leader, or anywhere close to it.

In no way I implied Valve was the king of videogames because they sell units with SteamDeck, but because it's the major seller of games sales on PCs. The number of users and purchases in Steam is as big, if not bigger, as the Big 3 combined.

At greatly cost for the market, each one of the Big 3 could end tomorrow and we would still have a console market. If Valve closed Steam though, the PC market as we know would end